Lusia or Lousia (Ancient Greek: Λουσία) was a deme of ancient Attica, of the phyle Oeneïs, sending one delegate to the Athenian Boule.[1] Stephanus of Byzantium notes it was named after a heroine named Lusia, a daughter of Hyacinthus the Lacedaemonian.[2]
The deme is attested in inscriptions; one a funerary inscription of a townsperson,[3] another describing the deme's contributions to construction of the Eleusinion.[4]
The site of Lousia is in the Kephisos valley, west of modern Athens.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ Lohmann, Hans. "Lusia". Brill's New Pauly. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ IG II2 6756.
- ^ IG II2 1672 line 195.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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